Chorley
Notional 2005 Results:
Labour: 21935 (50.9%)
Conservative: 15017 (34.8%)
Liberal Democrat: 6166 (14.3%)
Other: 0 (0%)
Majority: 6918 (16%)
Actual 2005 result
Conservative: 17506 (35.3%)
Labour: 25131 (50.7%)
Liberal Democrat: 6932 (14%)
Majority: 7625 (15.4%)
2001 Result
Conservative: 16644 (34.7%)
Labour: 25088 (52.3%)
Liberal Democrat: 5372 (11.2%)
UKIP: 848 (1.8%)
Majority: 8444 (17.6%)
1997 Result
Conservative: 20737 (35.9%)
Labour: 30607 (53%)
Liberal Democrat: 4900 (8.5%)
Referendum: 1319 (2.3%)
Other: 143 (0.2%)
Majority: 9870 (17.1%)
Boundary changes: Chorley loses the Western part of the consitutency under the boundary changes, losing the villages of Bretherton, Croston, Eccleston and Mawdesley to the new South Ribble.
Profile: Chorley is divided between Chorley itself and its more Conservative hinterland. Chorley itself is a historic market town that become important in the cotton industry in the nineteenth century. It forms a conurbation with Preston and Leyland and in the 1970s there were abortive plans for the towns it to form part of a new Central Lancashire new town. A major new development, Buckshaw Village, is currently being constructed in the North of the constituency on the site of the former Royal Ordnance Factory. Chorley is also the site of the largest Mormon temple outside of Salt Lake City.The constituency also includes the town of Adlington and the villages of Whittle-le-Woods, Coppull and Euxton.
Since Gravesham was won by the Conservatives in 2005 Chorley has become, along with Dartford, one of the more reliable bellwether seats in the country, having been won by the party that went on to form the government in every election since 1964.
Current MP: Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) born 1957, son of former MP Doug Hoyle (more information at They work for you)
Candidates:
2001 Census Demographics
Total 2001 Population: 88927
Male: 49.2%
Female: 50.8%
Under 18: 22.8%
Over 60: 19.3%
Born outside UK: 3%
White: 97.9%
Black: 0.3%
Asian: 0.9%
Mixed: 0.6%
Other: 0.4%
Christian: 84%
Muslim: 0.7%
Full time students: 2.4%
Graduates 16-74: 18.9%
No Qualifications 16-74: 28.4%
Owner-Occupied: 78.2%
Social Housing: 15.4% (Council: 8%, Housing Ass.: 7.4%)
Privately Rented: 4.1%
Homes without central heating and/or private bathroom: 9.3%
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Shipley
Here’s a link to lots of versions of Matt 7:5 plus some commentary and other stuff.
http://bible.cc/matthew/7-5.htm
June 9th, 2008 at 3:54 pmChorley
oh i prefer the GNB myself.
something tells me hypocrisy is not a party political issue.
June 9th, 2008 at 5:21 pmany news on the new tory candidate yet?
July 9th, 2008 at 9:43 amDoesn’t sound like it does it. No one seems to be that desperate to stand for the tories in chorley . What a shame!!
July 11th, 2008 at 8:37 pmBradford South
They say the best things take time.
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